1.b> / ; people of all ranks i> / ; noble rank , , ; high social rank ;
2.b> 1) , ; high [low] rank [] ; within months she was elevated to ministerial rank i> ;
2) .i> ; ; ; officers of junior [senior] rank [] ; to advance in rank , i> i> ; to reduce in rank , i> [.i> .i> 3 1)];
3.b> (the ranks) pli> 1) .i> i> ; he rose from the ranks to become a general [.i> .i> ]; to reduce to the ranks i> [.i> .i> 2 2)];
2) .i> , , ;
3) (, i> ..i>); we have a number of international players in our ranks ; at 50, he was forced to join the ranks of the unemployed 50 , ;
4.b> ; ; ; a painter of the first rank ;
5.b> 1) , , ; the trees grew in serried ranks i> ; form three ranks! .i> / ! (i>); close ranks! .i> ! (i>) [.i> .i> ];
2) .i> (, i> ..i>) [.i> .i> file Ir> 2];
6.b> / ;
7.b> ( ; i>);
8.b> .i> (i>);
to break ranksb> ) i> ; the police broke ranks and used their batons indiscriminately ; ) .i> ; break ranks! ! ) , ( ..i> i>); to pull rank (on)b> .i> i> / ( i>); to close ranksb> , [i>.i> .i> 5 1)]; at the first hint of trouble their family closes ranks ; tob> keep rankb> .i> ; to rise through / from / the ranksb> ) .i> ; ) ; [.i> .i> 3 1)]; to strip one's rankb> ; to swell the ranksb> , i> ..i> .
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